May 1, 2024

Take the ridge: Project to aid the recovery of missing servicemen reaches Guam

From the beach at Asan, the U.S. Marines faced a daunting task: battle their way up the heights to Adelup Point, occupied and fortified by the Japanese.The same technology used to locate Maya ruins amid the jungles of Guatemala is recreating the scene of the 1944 Battle of Guam in intricate detail, potentially leading to the recovery of missing

April 26, 2024

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency director speaks at AFCLC seminar

Air University in Montgomery welcomed a very special guest to speak at the AFCLC seminar.To watch the video news story, click here.

April 23, 2024

DPAA Identifies Remains of Illinois National Guard Soldier from World War II

Springfield, Ill — Rosemary Dillon, of Chicago, was about five years old when her Uncle Harry, who was serving in the Illinois Army National Guard’s Company B, 192nd Tank Battalion, was activated for federal service, arriving in the Philippines just days before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and the next day, the Philippines.On Oct. 4, nearly 83 years after the

April 22, 2024

Remains of Illinois soldier who died in Japanese prisoner-of-war camp during WWII identified

After 81 years, a Chicago-area soldier who died during World War II can be laid to rest in his home state.Military scientists have officially identified the remains of Harry Jerele of west suburban Berkeley, who died of pneumonia at age 26 in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in the Philippines. He was accounted for last December, the Defense POW/MIA

April 18, 2024

A long journey home, nearly 83 years later

White-gloved hands carefully lifted the American flag draped over the long casket and began to fold. Firm creases. Every edge straightened and tucked.The process, steeped in ceremony and tradition, took minutes, not seconds, and the Navy honor guard carried out the solemn task with reverence.As the six men and women made each of the 13 folds, the

April 17, 2024

Black sailor killed at Pearl Harbor identified after 80 years

Edna Lee Ward walked into a newspaper office in Portsmouth, Va., early in 1942 carrying a picture of her son, who was in the Navy. He had been declared missing in action after the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.His name was David Walker. He was 19. He had dropped out of his African American high school to serve as a mess attendant

April 11, 2024

US, South Korea begin annual search for remains still missing from Korean War

CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — Anthropologists and historians from the United States and South Korea have embarked on their annual search for the remains of service members killed during the 1950-53 Korean War.Ten U.S. military and civilian members of the Hawaii-based Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency began their monthlong mission Monday with counterparts from South Korea, DPAA

April 11, 2024

‘Another Way to Serve’ Says Defense Health Agency Volunteer on MIA Recovery Missions

Nearly 80 years after being declared missing in action during World War II, U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Henry L. Stevens, of Monroe, Alabama, has been identified.Stevens was accounted for on Sept. 15, 2023, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, following several recovery missions in Belgium by a team of volunteers with the

April 2, 2024

Remains of WWII sailor, soldier identified, will receive US burials

Washington — The remains of two World War II veterans who went missing in action were recently accounted for by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, and will have U.S. burials later this year.U.S. Navy Mess Attendant 3rd Class David Walker, 19, of Norfolk, Va., was accounted for Nov. 27, 2023, and U.S. Army Cpl. Frank V. Benak, 24, of Scottsville, Mich., was

Feb. 8, 2024

Middletown Air Force Lt. killed in WWII returning home

Middletown, OH — The body of a Middletown Air Force Lieutenant killed when his plane was shot down in World War II will return home to be buried after being identified through DNA testing.The U.S. Department of Defense's POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that 27-year-old Dan Corson was officially accounted for on Sept. 22. His family was notified in October,